diff --git a/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py b/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py
index ef2c6b20fc6d18345dc327a8c65ebd117965272e..f0dc59295d69d0156342ccf913a3586f9ac969ee 100644
--- a/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py
+++ b/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py
@@ -1467,10 +1467,6 @@ class AssertPysvn(AssertSoftwareMixin):
 
 class AssertElfLinkedInternally(AssertSoftwareMixin):
   def test(self):
-    if os.environ.get('SKIP_ASSERT_LINKED_INTERNALLY', '0') != '0':
-      # allows developers to skip long test (portable way to being able run on
-      # ancient pythons)
-      return
     result_dict = {}
     root = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.curdir), 'parts')
     for dirpath, dirlist, filelist in os.walk(root):